Commencing Friday 31st March 2007, the expedition used bikes to head west out of Djibouti and north through Ethiopia before following the River Nile into the roadless desert of northern Sudan. After a near catastrophic crossing by kayak of Lake Nasser between Sudan and Egypt, in which Jason was detained by the Egyptian Military for espionage and faced with 40-years in prison, permission from Cairo HQ came through at the 11th hour and he was released and allowed to continue.

The expedition resumed northwards through Egypt towards the Sinai desert and across to Jordan, Syria and Turkey. This leg was completed 6th August with Jason rowing a traditional 'kayik' across the Bosphorus to the European side of Istanbul.

Map courtesy of Map Resources

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